Peter Crouch says he is under extreme pressure from his kids to spill the names of mystery celebs on The Masked Dancer.
The dad of four says his two daughters have been begging him to reveal their identities. But the former England, Liverpool and Stoke ace has been holding firm.
He knows the girls would spill the beans and jeopardise the chance of him coming back and sitting on the panel again.
“My girls have been dying to know and pulling every trick in the book to try and get the names out of me,” said Peter, 41.
“They’ve been desperate to know so they can tell their mates. But my lips are sealed. I wouldn’t even trade a reveal for chores around the house. I know that they’d blab it at school and I’d never be invited back!”
Peter was a new face on the panel this year, replacing Mo Gilligan, 34. He joined Davina McCall, 54, Jonathan Ross, 61, and Oti Mabuse, 32, in trying to guess which celebs are behind the outlandish outfits.
He might be judging other celebs on the dance floor but Crouchy reckons he could give them a run for their money. He has his well-known signature dance move – the robot routine he used to perform after scoring a goal. But he insists: “The robot is just one per cent of the repertoire I have in my locker.
“I’m an incredible dancer, absolutely stunning!” he teased. “I think I’ve been brought into the show for my expertise in that field, really. I’m more of a street dancer, but like I say, I can adapt to any form of dance.”
He jokes that he was model wife Abbey Clancy’s secret weapon when she won Strictly Come Dancing back in 2013.
But Peter, who has kids Sophia, 11, Liberty, seven, Johnny, four, and Jack, three, with 36-year-old Abbey, admits: “I mean, she’s a much better dancer than me. When she was learning the dances for Strictly I tried to help her a little bit in the kitchen.
“When I say help her, I was basically standing there while she practised her steps. I’d like to think I played a part in her winning it.
“Football trophies and medals over the years have been put on the back burner and that glitter ball now has pride of place in our house!”
